Milk pail holder



July 9, 1935. A, R MELLOR 2,007,207

MILK FAIL HOLDER Filed Aug. l0, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT o FFICE MILK FAIL HOLDER Adrien R. Mellor, Beaumont, Calif.- Y a Application Aug-usr 10, 1933, serialV No. 684,572 f 1 Claim.

The invention relates to means for supporting a milk pail between the-legs of a cow milker and has for itsobjectrthe provision of an improved means for supporting the pail that is adjustable to iit different sizes of pailsfthat will securely hold the device engaged on the pail and prevent it Vd'roppingfrom the pail when the pail is lifted by its bail, and that has means hingedly secured on diametrically opposite sides of the holder to rest on the legs of the cow milker, said means being rcughened or corrugated to prevent it from I slipping on the operators-legs.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter `and will be vfound illustrated in the accomu panying drawing in which n pail shown in ldotted lines and broken away, with `the milk pail holder shown applied thereto, Y

` Figure 2`is a vsimilar view looking at the holder fromra point 90 degrees removed from the point of the views.

The milk pail holdernincludes a pail encircling bandcomprising two sections, Il) and I I, hingedly secured atv adjacent ends as shown at I2. The i Vfree end of the band section I0, designated I3 is 35`V oiset as shown at Y,I4 from the remainder of the i band and provided with a plurality of keyhole openings I5 to selectively receive'a headed stud IS secured to the free end of the band section I I,V this structure permitting of adjusting the length of the band to lit milk pails Il of different sizes f so that the Vband sections I Il and II will snugly t under an'outer rolledbead I8 of the milk pail. I 9 indicates a bail for the pail I1 having its ends engaged in the ears 20 secured to the pail. v

' To accommodatethe ears 2l! of the pail, the band sections l0 and II have offset portions 2| and 22 respectively, and secured to said offset portions 2I and 22 are spring clips 23 having their upper free ends inwardly directed relatively to Ythe band as shown at 23 to engage over the bead I8 and hold the band on the pail when lifted by the bail I9.

Hingedly secured tothe oiset portions 2| and Figure l is a side view in elevation of a milk are used to designate corresponding parts in all 22V are concave-convex plates 2li having downturned flanges 25 from which project ears 2E that are hingedly secured between ears 2 projecting from said oiset portions 2l and 22 by means 'of hinged pins 28. Y Ears 25 have angularly related 5 shoulders and 30, shoulders 2Q being so disposed as to hold the plates 24 in substantial'parallelism with the edges of the band sections Ii) and II as sho-wn best in Figure li, while the shoulders are adapted'to hold the plates 24 in an outwardly and downwardly inclined position by engaging the outer surface of the band when the pail is supported by its bail I9, this providing means whereby the pail and its holder may be placed in position forsupport on the legs of a cow milker, the plates 2li seating on the operators legs and moving into the position shown in Figure 4, automatically ,when the device isrplaced between the legs. The

under faces of the legs 24 are roughened by parallel grooves forming corrugations as shown at 3 I, Y this lproviding means whereby the pail and its holder will be securely positioned on the milkers legs and will prevent slipping relatively thereto.

vThe concave-convex plates 24 are designed with rounding upward edges whichvpermit any desired 25 tilt of a milk pail, while placed between a cow milkers legs, preventing the edges of plates 24 from pressing against or coming in contact with the milkers legs and making them sore.

It is to Vbe understood that theinvention is not restricted Vto the precise or exact arrangement of parts'illustrated and described, as details of construction rnay be modied and rearranged with- Y out departing from the spirit-of the invention, the scope being limited only by the terms of ythe appended claim. i

A milk pail holder, comprising a band having arcuate sections hingedly secured end to end and having means to adjustably secure their free ends 40 together to provide Vanannulus to surround a milk pail adjacent to its upperedge, each of said sections being provided with outwardly ofiset portions to avoid bail ears on the pail, spaced ears on said offset portions, leg engaging plates having .5 downturned flanges, ears projecting from said anges pivotally mounted between said spaced ears and having angularly related shoulders to hold said plates in substantially horizontal positions and downwardly inclined positions respectively, and clips secured to the sections to engage the rim of the pail and hold the band thereon.

Y ADRIEN R. MELLOR. 

